Non-refillable bottle.



F. V. ARANCIO.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPUCATJDH FILED AUG-26. IBIS).

Patented Nev, 26, i918.

FRANK V. ARANCIO, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

" Patented Nov. 26,1918.

Application filed August 26, 1915. Serial No. 47,444.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK V. ARANoIo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Sufiolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and the primary object is the production of a device of the ball valve type in which it is rendered impossible to introduce a wire or other means to hold the valve off the valve seat so that the bottle may be refilled.

A further object is the production of a device of this character which is simple in construction and cheap to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts described and claimed in the annexed specification and claim, the preferred embodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of a bottle showing my invention applied to the neck of the same.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

The ordinary bottle 1 is provided with a neck 2, the internal diameter of the lower portion 3 of which is less than that of the upper portion 4, forming a shoulder 5. A cylindrical tube 6 having an annular rlng 7 provided intermediate the ends thereof is placed in the neck of the bottle and the ring 7 is adapted to sit on'the shoulder 5. The diameter of the ring is approximately the same as the internal diameter of the upper portion of the neck, while the tube is of a less diameter, which allows the liquld to flow up around the tube but does not allow it to pass the annular ring. To prevent any leakage of the liquid a packing of felt or any other suitable material is disposed between the shoulder 5 and the ring 7.

The portion 8 of the tube is provided with a series of perforations 11 placed in the wall thereof. A ball valve 12 made of a ny material of greater density than the liquid is placed in the upper portion of the tube and is adapted to sit upon a valve seat 13 formed in the tube below the series of perforations. The Valve seat 13 is also adapted to prevent the ball 14 from passing into the upper part of the tube.

To prevent a wire or any other similar means being introduced, into the tube through the perforations 11 and holding the valve 12 so as to allow liquid to be poured into the bottle, I provide a guard 15 which consists of a truncated cone having an annular flange 16 formed on the base thereof. The base of the guard is adapted to rest on the annular ring 7 and is held in place by means of a split ring 17, which is disposed in a groove 18 formed in the neck of the bottle. The top 19 of the truncated cope is adapted to fit over the top 8 of the tu e.

In operation the bottle is filled in the usual manner and my device is then placed in the neck of the same. When liquid is discharged from the bottle, the bottle is of course held in an inverted or inclined position. The ball valve 12 will be removed from its seat allowing the liquid to flow from the bottle. Any attempt to refill the bottle while in its normal position will be inefiectual as the valve 12 will be seated,

and the tendency of the inflowing liquid will be to hold the valve in its seat. The arrangement of the openings 11 and 20 prevents introduction of a wire or other instrument to remove the valve 12 from its seat.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is In combination with a bottle neck having an annular shoulder therein, a disk-like member seated upon said shoulder and fitting snugly within said neck, an upstanding cylindrical extension on said member having the intermediate portion of its wall provided with openings, said member being provided with an opening having its sides merging into the inner periphery of saidextension to form a valve seat, a ball movable within said extension and guided thereby onto said seat, a frusto-conical guard having its small end seated upon and closing the upper end of said cylindrical extension and. having the lower portion of its Wall pro- In testimony whereof I affix my signature vided with openings, an outwardly extendin presence of two Witnesses.

ing annular flange at the lower edge of said FRANK V ARANGIU guard fitting snugly Within said neck upon said disk-like member, and a spring looking Witnesses:

ring disposed upon said flange and engaging V. (l. D. YANDELL,

Within an annular groove in said. neck. lVALTnR K. EMMoNs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, .D. C. 

